Japanese symbol for “pla”

人民解放軍

じんみんかいほうぐん

Romaji: jinminkaihougun

People's Liberation Army; PLA

In Japanese, pla is 人民解放軍, read じんみんかいほうぐん (jinminkaihougun).

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Meanings

n People's Liberation Army; PLA

Kanji and stroke order

人

person

on: ジン、ニン
kun: ひと、-り、-と

2 strokes · JLPT 4

民

people, nation, subjects

on: ミン
kun: たみ

5 strokes · JLPT 3

解

unravel, notes, key

on: カイ、ゲ
kun: と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く

13 strokes · JLPT 2

放

set free, release, fire

on: ホウ
kun: はな.す、-っぱな.し、はな.つ、はな.れる

8 strokes · JLPT 2

軍

army, force, troops

on: グン
kun: いくさ

9 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “pla”

Word	Reading	Meaning
中国人民解放軍	ちゅうごくじんみんかいほうぐん chuugokujinminkaihougun	People's Liberation Army (China); PLA

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
人間	にんげん ningen	human being; human; person
個人	こじん kojin	individual; private person; personal
人気	にんき ninki	popularity; public favor
人生	じんせい jinsei	(one's) life
人々	ひとびと hitobito	people; men and women
大人	おとな otona	adult; grown-up
国民	こくみん kokumin	people (of a country); nation; citizen
市民	しみん shimin	citizen (of a country); citizenry
理解	りかい rikai	understanding; comprehension; appreciation
放送	ほうそう housou	broadcasting; broadcast; program
軍事	ぐんじ gunji	military affairs

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.